American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) head coach Javier Mendez thinks Jon Jones will be a force to be reckoned with at heavyweight.
‘Bones’ vacated the UFC light heavyweight title earlier this year and is expected to move up to heavyweight to fight the winner of Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou, which is rumored to take place in early 2021. And, with Jones being so successful at light heavyweight, Mendez believes the JacksonWink product will be just as, if not more dominant, at heavyweight.
Speaking to Helen Yee in a recent interview Mendez, who has trained world championship-calibre fighters such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, and Cain Velasquez, said Jones ‘steamrolls everybody’ at heavyweight — including current champ Miocic — except Ngannou.